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(No'Model.) I.' n Y u W. V. BROWN 8v T. S. POOLE.

- CAR GOUPLING. N. 287,619. Patented 00131.60, 1883..

yq/ ATTORNEYS.

WILLIAM V. BROWN AND THOMAS S.

P- ATENT Frisia.

POOLE, or ARCADIA, NOVA sooriA,

KAOANADA.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 287,619, datedY October EO, 1883. Application md Aprn 1o, 1883. (No model.)

To all wgom, t mayy concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM V. BROWN and THOMAS S. POOLE, of Arcadia, Yarmouth county,Nova Scotia, Canada, have invented a new and Improved Car-Coupling, of whichj and securely coupledr together Without manual intervention, thereby effecting a saving in` time and labor and avoiding danger to life and limb. The said improved coupler can be readily applied to and advantageously used upon or in connection with cars of varying heights. It` can also. be' used in connection with many of the couplers at present in use, and with more ease and safety than. most couplers, especially in going around curves or up and downgradients in the road-bed. It

may be used with a link or a bar, and works with less risk of breaking or straining thel link or bar than others.' It is strong, durable,

simple, cheap, and easily repaired or replaced in case of being`damaged, all as hereinafter fully described.

y Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of refereneeindicate corresponding parts in all the gures.

Figure l is a longitudinal sectional elevation of our improved car-coupler. Fig. 2is a horizontal section of one of the draw-bars. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of Fig. 2 on line x x. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of a coupling-bar that may be used instead'of the ordi nary link. i

We make a joint inthe draw-'barat a, by

which we connect'the front or socket part, b, to the shank c, that is to be connected to the carin any approved way, the joint being so that part b may swing up and down to accommodate the coupler to cars of' different heights, and we arrange the spring-d to hold up part b level with part c, the spring being so attached to the under side of the latter, and projecting from it midway, or thereabout, along under part b, that it will notraise it above said part c,- but the joint is so that it may rise higher when coupled with a higher car.

The link-socket e is extended. through part b, and is a little widerfrom the shoulders f pin when it is lifted. Tle pin is then let fall.

back on the block to be set, as represented at the right hand of Fig. l, for self-coupling, when the link k or coupling-bar Z of the other coupler enters and pushes the block back from under-the pin-to` allow it to fall through the link. Vhen the pin is down and the link is coupled', the spring presses the link forward against thepin to hold it in the position for Yentering and tripping the pin in the'other draw-bar.

The iiare of the bell-mouth of the link- 'socket allows the link sufcient llateral play, While the vertical play of joint' a allows the .required vertical play of the link at the same time that it is held up level for self-coupling.V

The pivot-bolt m of the joint a is secured by the splitkey n, to prevent it from being lost' out. j

It will be seen that the joint a affords asimple means of "adjusting the coupler to cars of different heights; also, it enables the blocks g j and spring i to be readily and securely applied. v

`Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl 1. In a car-coupler having a pin setting and tripping device, and being arranged to hold the coupling link or bar up `level for selfcoupling, the draw-bar having the joint a, and the spring d, to allow vertical play of the link, and to hold the part b of the draw-bar level, substantially as described.

2. In :L ear-eouplerhaving the pin-Setting from behind7 und being provided with the block g and the spring i for setting the pin7 shouldersf, substantially as described.

the said bleek and the spring,m1d the spring- VILLIAM V. BROWN. holding bleek j, in combination with aJ draw- THOMAS S. POOLE.

5 bar having :L joint, a, and the pini; b of the W'itnesses:

draw-bar, having the link-socket extended BENJM. O. ROBBINS,

through it to receive said spring and bleek THOS. BpFLINT. 

